Bob-sled



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0. E. CAIN. Bob Sled.

No. 231,267. Patented Aug. 17,1880.

INVENTDR w 6 5% WITH ESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. CAIN, OF HOLLAND, WISCONSIN.

BOB-SLED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,267, dated August 17, 1880.

Application filed May 4, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. CAIN, of Holland, in the county of Sheboygan, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knees for Bob-Sleds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to knees for bob-sleds; and it consists in the device hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention; Fig. 2, asection on line :20 m. Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a side view, and Fig. 4 a detail illustrating the position of my device in the make-up of a bobsled.

Myimproved sled-knee consists of a bracket, A, which fits over and joins the braces a a, that rise from the runner, a ring-bearing, A, cast with the bracket A, a plate, B, and a tiebolt, C.

The ring-bearin g A joins the two members of the bracket A at its top, and depends between or into the braces a a, and through its center I pass the hook C of the tie-bolt C. I then place the plate B, the shank of the tiebolt passing through a perforation therein.

On the bottom of the plate B is a concaved lug, b, which, when the plate is in place, will fit over and rest upon the bearing A. The end of the hook C will also enter a depression, I),

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on the bottom of the plate, to keep it from turnmg.

The device may now be secured to the crossbeam of the sled by the tie-bolt and a lug, b, when the knee will he in position to do its work.

To give the necessary tilt to the runners I provide the plate B with a face which inclines outwardly.

My improved knees are all made alike, and adapted to the right or left simply by taking the tie-bolt out and putting it through the ring the opposite way, as the hook must always point to the longitudinal center of the sled.

What I claim is 1. The sled-knee consisting of the bracket and ring-bearing, plate B, and hooked tie-bolt, in combination, as described.

2. The plate B, having concaved lug b and lug b", in combination with the bracket having ring-bearing, and the hooked tie-bolt, as set forth.

3. The plate having inclined face, in combination with the tie-bolt and bracket, all constructed to operate as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of April, 1880.

Witnesses: CHAS. E. CAIN.

STANLEY S. STOUT, E. G. ASMUS. 

